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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Tauira (Sampler) of Life - March 2015

Recipient of: Edith Whiteman AwardHGA Small Expressions 2015 Exhibit Based on an annual calendar this work continues to explore a theme of work based around a schema, each monthly segment is filled with patterns and symbols, like those found on a daily planning calender, visually organising a set of experiences over a one year period. As these coloured threads are secured they begin to tint the white threads, until by the end of the weaving of they are filled with colour reflecting how our daily experiences filter through and fill/colour our lives. The unfinished edge is raw and unkotted to acknowledge this is not an ending but another beginning.

About Me

Through detailed manual processes and durational techniques of weaving Michelle Mayn’s work combines material, light, form and movement to create ephemeral and immersive installations and delicate ‘things’ that utilise intra-actions between material and environment.

Mayn was born in Auckland in Aotearoa, New Zealand and studied Traditional and Contemporary Maori Weaving at Unitec in 2011 and mixed media at The Art Students League of New York in 2017. Mayn has exhibited in New Zealand and the United States since 2010 and is currently completing a MVA at Auckland University of Technology.